Absolutely love liquorice - well at least the British version of it which is like 50% aniseed. Not so much a fan of the Nordic version which tastes saltier than salt.
Other often-contentious dislikes of mine:
I know taste is subjective, but as far as I’m concerned, those are three gigantic nopes. 😝
I wonder how many people dislike the same groups of things?
Boost shows that it was edited :|
In any case, it’s not outside the realm of possibility that I made a mistake in my original reply! :)
Burning effigies of migrants might be, though.
You’re not wrong.
I wish I could see the edit timestamps on Lemmy, because I’m sure that comment was different.
The stupid thing is, I’d originally written the comment with quotes to point it out, then chopped it back because I realised that I was massively overexplaining it. Those quotes would have been handy now!
I’ll strike my comment out so it’s not misleading, but I’ll leave it up so this still makes sense.
Same here - my kids had these, but I’m of the generation raised on Roger Red Hat.
Thanks for that - even though it was utterly depressing!
I live in the North of England, near Manchester, so I know our house prices are more reasonable than some other places, but I wasn’t expecting that I’d need to earn the value of our house annually to get a mortgage in San Jose. That’s crazy!
I think people are downvoting you because “effect” is in there twice.
The first one is right.
The baby doesn’t understand English (although they can recognise the rhythm and sounds of language).
The mother understands English
The baby experiences the same emotions as the mother.
In conclusion, read something that will make the mother relaxed and happy. If that happens to be The Cat In The Hat, then great. I read Don Quixote when my wife was pregnant with our first, our second got Moomin and Hairy Maclary (by virtue of being there when I read to the first).
The most important thing is to keep reading to them, every day, after they’re born too. Buy tons of children’s books (for your own sanity), do the voices and have fun with them.
It says “Access to this page has been denied” for me, so I’m just going to assume it’s a list of every US city.
I see two possibilities:
You get paid for posting this kind of nonsense - in which case then I get it, everyone has to make a living.
Your brain is actually broken
A quick run through your recent posts have shown that you’re actually the author of some of the worst posts I’ve come across on here, so kudos. But I’m afraid it’s now a “no” from me, and I’ll be blocking you from now on.
I love these kinds of stories, but I think that specific example is just a misunderstanding of idioms, rather than an example of pretending something isn’t happening, though.
20 - although that’s regardless of the season. I only ever wear pjs to bed if I’m ill.
Apologies if you’re not, but surely you can see why I thought you were?
When I was a lecturer, I contacted authors of papers on two occasions (to update slide decks - the papers in question were pay-walled), and both just forwarded the relevant paper on to me. They were both British, which again makes me think there’s a culture difference here.
I think for transparency, and to avoid confusion, it’s worth pointing out to everyone that authors don’t get paid for submissions. This isn’t like book publishing. The publishers take other people’s work and then make money off that. That’s their business model.
Found the American!
I’m not an expert, but I imagine when they change sex, their behaviour changes accordingly.
They don’t need to understand social constructs - they’re changing gender as a result of changing sex.
Here’s that insane t-shirt in all its glory.
The one I encountered on Reddit (way back when) was more focused on occasions where slightly wonky translations led to funny results, rather than just making fun of bad translations, or the people who wrote them.
E.g.
It’s like the posts showing unnecessary quotation marks on signs - it’s not about making fun of the people who wrote the sign, it’s funny because it now conveys something else.
E.g., a sign outside a farm offering Fresh brown “eggs” for sale.
The official line is that North Korea is thriving - it’d be political suicide for Kim Jong Un to accept help.
The comparison with the US isn’t unwarranted. The respective propaganda machines are the reason both countries are the way they are.
When people are told daily how their country is the best in the world, the ruling class can get away with an awful lot.
It’s 2025, and many places in the US don’t even have clean tap water. People are being “disappeared” off the streets by government agencies. People are dying from easily-treatable diseases. The wealthy ruling class live lives of luxury, while poor people work multiple jobs and still exist below the poverty line.
So, with all that said, do you think Trump would accept a deal that would allow better living conditions for his people? I think we both know the answer.